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Kawasaki Disease (Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome) 
An rare systemic acute febrile vasculitic syndrome. Aetiology unknown. 
Affects
Kawasaki Disease ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Clinical features of shock from dehydration in an infant

Decreased level of consciousness 
Sunken fontanelle 
Dry mucous
Clinical features ... Extremities #PhysicalExam ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Dehydration #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Clinical features of Liver Disease in Children

#Cirrhosis #LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam #Findings #Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Hepatology

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Clinical features ... of Liver Disease ... #PhysicalExam # ... Findings #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Hepatology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... Incr Skeletal fractures ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology ... #peds #pediatrics
Kawasaki Disease - Timeline of Clinical Features and Complications
 - Fever >5 days 
 - 4
Kawasaki Disease ... of the 5 other features ... #Kawasaki #Disease ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Alkaptonuria (Black Urine Disease)
Urine turns dark when left standing due to oxidation of homogentisic acid 
Clinical
Alkaptonuria (Black Urine Disease ... asymptomatic in childhood ... Alkaptonuria #BlackUrine #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Pathophysiology
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency (21-OHD): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Autosomal recessive mutation in CYP21A2 coding for the enzyme 21-OHase
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... Hyperkalemia, Hypoglycemia ... #21HydroxylaseDeficiency #21OHD #pathophysiology ... endocrinology #peds ... #pediatrics
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
While the pathophysiology ... despite severe disease ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Childhood Immunization ... hemorrhagic rash; symptoms ... discharge #Childhood ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
diagnosed during childhood ... • recurrent fractures ... Malnutrition • Wilson's disease ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... mineralization Symptoms